Tie-fastener for packages.



No 760,428- PATENTED MAY 24,1904. W. A. GROSS.

TIE FASTENER FOR PACKAGES.

APPLICATION FILED mo. 22. 1902.

N0 MODEL.

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PATENT FFICE.

WILLIAM A. CROSS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMASL. VESSEY, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

TlE-FASTENER FOR PACKAGES- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 760,428, dated May 24, 1904.

Application filed Decemb r 22,1902. Serial No. 136,295. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. Cnoss, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTie-Fasteners for Packages, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to that class of ties or fasteners forholding the ends of a cord used in tying up packages of paper and thelike, and has for its object to provide a simple, durable, and efficienttie-fastener in which convenience is afforded for drawing the cordtightly around the package and for firmly securing the free end of thecord in the tying operation in a rapid and easy manner, all as willhereinafter more fully appear and be more particularly pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrative of the present invention,Figure 1 is a perspective view of the present invention, illustratingthe relative position of the parts during the tightening of the cordaround the pack age just previous to securing the free end of such cordin the cord-gripping slot of the tieplate; Fig. 2, a similar viewillustrating the parts in a completely-fastened condition; Fig. 3, anenlarged detail elevation of the present tie or fastener plate.

Similar numerals of reference indicate like parts in the differentviews.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the cord or string by which thepackage or bundle is tied up.

2 is the tie or fastener plate of a flat and substantially rectangularform, the corners of which are preferably rounded, as shown in thedrawings.

3 is an attaching-orifice formed in the plate 2, near one end of thesame, for the passage and attachment of one end of the cord 1, by whichthe package is tied up.

1 represents counterpart recesses at opposite sides of the plate 2 andadjacent to the aforesaid orifice 3. Such recesses form aflat head atone end of the plate, around the undercut neck of which a loop at oneend of the mid-length of the tie-plate 2, the entrancepassage to whichis preferably formed by an oblique slot 6, extending from the orifice 5to one side of the tie-plate.

7 is a tapering gripping-slot formed longitudinally in the end of thetie plate opposite to the attaching-orifice 3 and in which the free endof the attaching-cord 1 is forcibly drawn by hand, so as to be firmlyheld in the final fastening of the cord around a package or bundle.

In a practical use of the present invention the cord 1, carrying at oneend the tie-plate 2, is looped around the package in the manner shown orin any other usual and suitable manner, after which the looseend of thecord is placed in the open-sided orifice 5, the tie-plate being turnedon its edge, as shown in Fig. 1, to facilitate such insertion. Bypulling upon the free end of the cord, with the margin of the orifice 5forming a bearing, the operator is enabled to tighten the cord aroundthe package to any required extent, after which the free end of the cordis forcibly drawn into the tapering gripping-slot 7 and the tie-plateturned flatwise upon the package to complete the fastening operation.

With the present improved construction the open-sided orifice 5 affordsa ready means whereby a series of the tie-fasteners, with their attachedcords, can be hung upon a supporting-wire for ready and convenientaccess and use.

Having thus fully described my said invention, whatI claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A tie-fastener, comprising an oblong plate member, having acord-attaching orifice at one end, a longitudinal wedge-shaped engagingrecess at the other end, and an oblique bearing recess arrangedintermediate the length of the plate and opening through one side of thesame, for the purpose set forth.

2. A tiefastener, comprising an oblong plate member, having a flat headat one end Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 22d day of T and acord-attaching orifice in said head, a lon- November, 1902. gitndinalWedge-shaped recess at the other WILLIAM A CROSS end, and an obliquebearing-recess alranged 5 intermediate the length of the plate and open-Witnesses:

ing through one side of the same, for the pur- ROBERT BURNS,

pose set forth. HENRY A. Now.

